Chisago County sheriff’s investigators continue to follow up on tips, but ground search efforts have been called off.

“We’re still following up on leads that come into the office every day,” said investigator Ryan Edmonds. “But there’s nothing that seems too promising at this point. Some of them are pretty far-fetched.”

Jelinek, 27, of Oakdale was reported missing by her family on Sunday, Dec. 9. She was last seen by her on-again, off-again boyfriend Aaron Jude Schnagl, 28, at his Chisago Lake Township house after the pair spent the previous evening together.

In the days following Jelinek’s disappearance, investigators searched Schnagl’s home and property and called on volunteers to help search nearby wooded areas and ditches.

Some of Jelinek’s personal belongings, including her shoes, purse, phone and asthma inhaler, were found at Schnagl’s house.

He told investigators that he and Jelinek went to bed together about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 9 after a night of drinking. When he woke up at 9:30 a.m. she was gone, he said.

The Chisago County sheriff’s office has called Schnagl a “person of interest” in the case. He was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and for a probation violation out of Anoka County, but has not been charged with wrongdoing in Jelinek’s disappearance.

According to search warrant affidavits filed in Chisago and Ramsey counties, Jelinek’s family told police Schnagl had physically abused her in the past. The family has said Jelinek would not walk away on her own and that they suspect foul play.

A search of Schnagl’s property turned up about 13 pounds of marijuana and apparent blood stains in his home. There were also “two reddish stains in the rear cargo area” of Schnagl’s 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, which was taken to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension lab in St. Paul for forensic testing, according to the affidavits.

For now, ground search efforts have been called off, Edmonds said.

“We’re pretty confident that the areas searched were searched well,” he said.

He said the investigation will remain active as long as there are leads to follow.

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